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S. BORTON. SEWING MAGHINE.

No. 661,043. Patented May 26, 1896.

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1%. 561,043, Patented May 26, 1896.

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STOCKTON BORTON, .OF BROOKLYN, NEWV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE WILD COX &GIBBS SEIVING MACHINE COMPANY, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.

SEWING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Original application filed August24, 1894, Serial No. 521,226. No- 579,144.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STOCKTON BORTON, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Brooklyn, Kings county, New York, have inventedImprovements in Sewing-Machines,

of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to construct a machine for makingautomatically and with speed and economy an edging on lace or simiro laropen-Work goods, such edging being at once durable, neat, attractive,and in harmony with the work of which the body of the goods is composed.For this purpose I construct a machine which trims the lace to thedesired outline, simultaneously lays one or more cords along the edgeacross the open spaces and loose ends in the cut edge, and overseams thecord or cords in place, thus binding the cords down by the stitching, sothat the stitching and cord or cords cannot be pulled out in ordinaryuse, and producing at one operation a finished edging equally good 011both faces.

- In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of asewing-machine provided with my improvements. Fig. 2 is a sectional viewon the line 2 2, Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3 3,Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the presserfoot; and Fig. 5 is aview illustrating the work done by the machine.

The sewing and trimming part'of the mechanism which I prefer to use inmy present invention is the overseaming sewing-machine, for which apatent was granted to me, in conjunction with Charles II. WillcoX, April5, 1892, No. 472,095, and in the accompanying drawings I have shown onlyso much of the machine of that patent as will be necessary to anunderstanding of my present invention. The parts of the sewing andtrimming mechanisms illustrated in the drawings are substantially thesame as those set forth in the patent.

5 Thus A represents a portion of the bedplate, 6 the needlebar, and hthe looper, Fig. 2. The presser-bar carries the presserfoot P, and belowis the throat-plate 77, of any suitable construction, and through whichworks the feed-dog m. The upper and movin g shear-blade 42 is carried bythe vertically- Patent No. 561,043, dated. May 26, 1896.

Divided and this application filed February 13, 1896. Serial (No model.)

vibrating arm 41, while the lower blade 90 is fixed,but adjustable inthe bed-plate.

Upon the bed-plate A is mounted a bent arm B, which at b and b isprovided with any suitable number of guide or tension eyes for the uppercord or cords X and the lower cord X. I will describe the device asadapted to feed two edging-cords, one above and one below the edge ofthe lace. In practice I prefer to use for the front face of the lace acord or cords slightly heavier than the one for the back face.

Upon a suitable vibrating arm I provide one or more eyes d for thepassage of the up per cord or cords, and for this purpose I prefer touse the arm 41, which carries the upper shear-blade. The cord X isthence carried down through the slot 19 of the presserfoot and under theback part of the presserfoot, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, so that eachtime the arm 41, with its guide-eyes cl, descends a sufficient amount ofcord will be pulled off the bobbin for the next stitch.

The lower cord X after leaving the guide- 7 5 eyes Bmay be passedthrough a fixed guideeye f on the bed-plate A,whence it passes to theunder side of the presser-foot P. Upon the latter I provide a pendenthook or open eye g, Figs. 2 and 4, which lies with its open sideadjacent to the back of the upper shearblade, so that the latter nearlycloses the eye, leaving, nevertheless, sufficient of an opening or slitfor the sidewise introduction of the cord X from below. By this means I"avoid the trouble of having to thread the cord through an eye at apoint where it would be awkward to do it; but the cord when once in theopen eye will stay there.

From the foregoing description it will be 0 seen that when the lace islaid in the machine under the presser-foot with one or more cords abovethe lace and one below the cutters 42 and will trim off the surplus edgeof the lace a little in advance of the sewing and the cords will be laidacross the open spaces and loose ends of the edge of the lace and theoverseaming stitches will be made over the body thus provided, bindingthe cords to the otherwise loose frail edge and clamping the latterbetween the cords, Fig. 5. I claim as my invention- 1. The mechanismherein described for edging lace, comprising means for trimming the laceto the desired outline, and means for simnltaneously laying one or morecords along the edge across the open spaces and loose ends in the cutedge, in combination with means for simultaneously overseaming the cordor cords in place, substantially as described.

2. The mechanism herein described for edging lace, comprising means fortrimming the lace to the desired outline and means for simultaneouslylaying one or more cords along the edge across the open spaces and looseends in the cut edge, in combination with means for simultaneouslyoverseaming the cord or cords in place immediately behind the trimming,substantially as described.

3. An overseaming stitching mechanism, and a trimming device inconjunction therewith, in combination with a set of cord-guides to lay acord upon the cut edge of the goods in position to be stitched to thelatter by the overseaming stitches, substantially as described.

4. An overseaming stitching mechanism and a trimming device inconjunction therewith, in combination with two sets of cordguides one tolay a cord or cords upon, and the other to laya cord under, the out edgeof the goods in position to be stitched to the latter by the overseaming stitches, substantially as described.

5. An overseaming stitching mechanism, in combination with apresscr-foot, having a slot 19 open at the side, through which a cordmay be passed, of a vertically-vibrating arm over the said presser-feot,and carrying an eye for a cord, substantially as described.

0. An overseaming stitching mechanism,

in combination with a presser-foot having upon its under side a pendenteye for the reception and guidance of a cord to the edge of the materialstitched, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7. An overseaming stitching mechanism, in combination with apresser-foot having upon its underside a downwardly-extending projectiongrooved to form an eye open at the side for the reception and guidanceof a cord to the edge of the material stitched, substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

8. An overseaming stitching mechanism, in combination with aprcsser-foot having a slot 19 through which a cord may be passed, withan eye guiding said cord over the presserfoot to said slot,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

STOCKTON HORTON.

Vitncsses ALBERT A. TAYLOR, Louis CLUMP.

